Far Exalted is He Above Having a Son

One day, al-Baqilani - a Muslim Scholar and
judge - entered the court of the Roman Emperor while he was among his monks and priests.
al-Baqilani mockingly said to one of the priests:

"How are you? How are your family and children?"

The Roman Emperor exclaimed: "We were told that you are the most articulate among the
Muslim scholars and the most knowledgable; don't you know that our priests are deemed
above having a wife and children?"

al-Baqilani answered: "How is it that you can't deem Allah above having a
wife and children, but you can them? As if they were more sacred than Allah!"

The Roman Emperor was moved by what he heard and from then on felt a great deal of respect
for al-Baqilani.